OpenFlow : A
flow-level interface to the network datapath. The goal is to
decouple the control software from the hardware forwarding to
allow complex network control function to be implemented as a
distributed system.
(CCR 08)
[Here is a list of
the OpenFlow software projects that I know of]

Flow-Cookies : (ab)Use of the TCP sequence number to
cryptographically indicate that a given packet belongs to a
legitimate TCP stream. Allows offloading of the TCP handshake to
the network infrastructure where there is greater available
bandwidth.
(IWQOS 06),(SRUTI 06)